Richard Kelly seals The Box: release date, the Arcade Fire score, more
Ever get the feeling that writer/director Richard Kelly is setting himself up to be the next Orson Welles in terms of tragedy—the defiant, ahead-of-his-time director versus the studios that never seem to get it? Think about it. Welles arguably never escaped his critically acclaimed debut, Citizen Kane, while he was alive, and Kelly can't seem to shake his first movie, 2001's Donnie Darko. Granted one was an Academy Award-winner, while the other gained a cult following after hitting DVD, but the idea remains the same. ... read more
Found in: NewsPaste's Playlist in Honor of New NBC Series Kings
The recent premiere of NBC's new drama Kings (Sundays, 8 p.m. Eastern) has quite a few staffers hot for high drama. Following up on Paste managing editor Nick Marino's latest list, Seven Reasons to Start Watching Kings Immediately, we're providing a royal playlist to complement the modern-day monarchy that we'll undoubtedly grow to love, hate, envy, cheer and most likely, gamble on. Set in a city not unlike the Big Apple, there are enough Pasteful placements of magical realism, blood-kin betrayals and star-crossed romances to make for a very interesting season. If we ruled the world, these are the songs... read more
Found in: Blogs, PlaylistCatching Up With... Arcade Fire's Win Butler
Paste talks to the Arcade Fire frontman about his band's new DVD, Mirror Noir, and his plans for 2009. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesNew Arcade Fire DVD now available for download
"Hello. Thank you for calling Neon Bible," begins the Arcade Fire’s new DVD, Miroir Noir. "For an important message from the founders of the Neon Bible program, please dial extention 7777 right now."... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsDavid Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, Gillian Welch, The National, Feist, many more contribute to Dark Was the Night comp
Today is World AIDS Day. Appropriately enough, it's also the day that the line-up was revealed for Dark Was the Night, a compilation release which will benefit AIDS/HIV awareness group, The Red Hot Organization.... read more
Found in: Culture, News10 Best Canadian Musical Acts of All Time
I spent most of last week in Montreal, and I’ll soon be blogging about Schwartz’s, poutine, graffiti, an amazing beer bar and, most importantly, the M for Montreal festival. But before looking at the next great artists coming out of Canada, I’d like to give a run down of my Top 10 Canadian musical acts of all time (including bands made up primarily of Canadians). For a country of only 33 million people, our Northern neighbors have had an enormous impact on popular music. Even the list of great Canadian musicians who didn’t make my Top 10 (Barenaked Ladies, Feist,... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayLive Review: Team B @ Union Pool 11/10/08
At Team B's debut performance at Union Pool in Williamsburg, the band played at least a dozen different instruments, including flute, bassoon, ukulele and euphonium. For a group comprised of members of LCD Soundsystem, Beirut, Arcade Fire and a slew of other indie bands, this level of musical diversity is merely par for the course. But while the players' comfort level was high, the night saw an unusual amount of downtime between songs, lots of tuning and a general lack of finesse. ... read more
Found in: Local:NYCArcade Fire, Beirut, LCD members form Team B, play live
It's easy to get lost in the shuffle when you're a member of Montreal indie favorites Arcade Fire. After all, there are 8-10 members (depending if live or in the studio), with each playing myriad instruments that include the standard guitars, drums and keys alongside horns, violin, viola, accordion and the hurdy gurdy.... read more
Found in: Music, News10 Best Musical Husband and Wife Duos
Sufjan Stevens' pastor Vito Aiuto just made an album with his wife Monique under the moniker The Welcome Wagon. It's sweet, brimming with faith and the kind of chemistry that at least seems like it could only come from a husband and wife. So we thought we'd look at the best collaborations between married couples over the years. We're only judging music made together (sorry, Tim and Faith) while married (sorry Jack and Meg). Here are Paste's Top 10 Musical Husband and Wife Duos:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWhat is the best live act touring today?
Vote in PasteMagazine.com's latest poll... ... read more
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